News Articles About PCBs and River Issues

The following articles all relate to water use and quality, and the paper industry. PCB- and sediment-related articles are marked with bold. Over time, some articles are taken off-line by the host newspaper. ProQuest articles may be inaccessible through certain Internet Service Providers, for more information see the Appleton Public Library website.)

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March 1-10, 2005

March 11-20, 2005

March 21-31, 2005

GOP acts quickly to ease air rules[Environmental Deregulation] - March 31, 2005 WSJ
A.G. Lautenschlager: Legislation Being Pushed Through Process Without Public Scrutiny Would Compromise Public's Right to Fight Environmental Public Nuisances [EnvDereg] - March 31, 2005 WisPolitics
Bill touted to bolster business climate [EnvDereg] - March 31, 2005 MilwJS
Rep. Gard: Keeping Wisconsin Open for Business: Lawmakers Unveil Jobs Act Part Two [EnvDereg] - March 31, 2005 WisPolitics
PSC Approves Brown County Water Pipeline - March 31, 2005 WisPolitics (PDF)
Police station site review delayed - March 31, 2005 SP
Governor hands $500,000 economic development loan to Orion Energy - March 31, 2005 SP
[PCB] PCBs in county landfill haven’t hurt environment (Scroll down) - March 31, 2005 PC
High court hears power plants case - March 31, 2005 CapTimes
WE Energies: DNR Reissues Water Permit for Oak Creek Power Plant and Elm Road Generation Station - March 31, 2005 WisPolitics
DATCP: Public Asked to Review Special Ginseng Pesticide Registration - March 31, 2005 WisPolitics
Wisconsin Outdoor Report - March 31, 2005 WDNR
Great Outdoors Almanac - March 31, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Asthma is not so bad! - March 31, 2005 FightingBob
Pat Durkin column: The public just doesn’t get it, Jordahl believes - March 31, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
[PCB] Eco-headaches: Pollution stalling economic development - March 31, 2005 Stratford Star
[PCB] Industry's Secret Weapon - March 31, 2005 AlterNet
[PCB] Playback Tredyffrin, Willistown shape plan for rail yard - March 31, 2005 Philadelphia Inquirer
[PCB] Toxic chemicals found in Puget Sound sea life - March 31, 2005 MilwJS
[PCB] Firms may pay for residential lead pollution cleanup in Anniston - March 31, 2005 TimesDaily
[Dioxin] Official: Spoils site will be acquired, even if it takes condemnation - March 31, 2005 Bay City Times
[Dioxin] EPA orders check of toxic site - March 31, 2005 HonoluluAdvertiser
Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Draws Criticism from Scientists Across the South - March 31, 2005 EMS
Earth & Religion: A Three-Day Interfaith/Environmental Conference - March 31, 2005 EMS
In bid to cut mercury, US lets other toxins through - March 31, 2005 Christian Science Monitor
What are We Really Planting in Our Gardens? - March 31, 2005 ENN
EPA Refuses to Release Results of Scientist Surveys; Group Sues to Force Disclosure - March 31, 2005 EMS
US Oil Addiction a 'National Security Crisis in the Making' - March 31, 2005 Planetizen
Report: Earth's fresh water at risk - March 31, 2005 WaterTech
Book Review: Wars for Water - March 31, 2005 WaterTech

GOP aims to ease biz rules: New bill would loosen state environmental laws [Environmental Deregulation] - March 30, 2005 CapTimes
State issues Door County cattle farm permit to expand - March 30, 2005 PG
Fishermen spring to the Fox River - March 30, 2005 PG
First bids for water pipeline to be awarded in April - March 30, 2005 PG
Door County parcel bought for preserve: $250,000 donation helps purchase 42 acres - March 30, 2005 MilwJS
Power plant case reaches state Supreme Court - March 30, 2005 MilwJS
New system governs electricity - March 30, 2005 PG
Meyer Grills Hassett Over DNR Enforcement - March 30, 2005 WisPolitics
UW Extension studies water quality - March 30, 2005 SP
Weekly fishing report - March 30, 2005 MilwJS
Jim Lee column: Fishing hall of fame won’t take the bait on separating sexes - March 30, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Jimmy Carter: Non-Proliferation Treaty needs push for renewal - March 30, 2005 CapTimes
[PCB] Collection to enable disposal of hazards - March 30, 2005 Post-Gazette
[PCB] Dry cleaner getting $3 million for cleanup - March 30, 2005 Ann Arbor News
[PCB] Salmon from farms breed sea lice, study finds - March 30, 2005 CTV
[PCB] Far fewer arsenal buildings may burn - March 30, 2005 Beacon Journal
[PCB] Local Reaction to Pollution Cleanup Plan - March 30, 2005 WLNS
[PCB] War brewing over efforts to save Spokane River - March 30, 2005 CNN
[Dioxin] Seven Illinois hospitals agree to shut down incinerators - March 30, 2005 Waste News
Earth near breaking point, experts warn - March 30, 2005 MSNBC
Republicans turn green - March 30, 2005 Daily Telegram
Earth has suffered irreversible damage: study - March 30, 2005 CTV.ca
Abuse of Ecosystem Threatens Earth - March 30, 2005 Sci-Tech Today
Report: Earth's ecosystem at risk - March 30, 2005 CNN

Ashwaubenon boards to discuss riverfront plans at special meetings - March 29, 2005 PG
Land sought to control river corridor flooding - March 29, 2005 MilwJS
Modine driving the technology to power fuel-cell vehicles - March 29, 2005 MilwJS
Deal gives hope to pollution regulation: State speeds up permits for 3M, other companies exceeding requirements - March 29, 2005 MilwJS
Ed Garvey: Doyle systematically alienates progressives - March 29, 2005 CapTimes
[Dioxin] Plans move forward to dredge toxic muck from Saginaw River - May 29, 2005 Bay City Times
Kids' cancer risks greater with some chemicals - March 29, 2005 MSNBC
Nuclear industry moving waste to dry sites - March 29, 2005 MSNBC

Walleye season opens on Fox River - March 28, 2005 NC
State Supreme Court to hear power plants case - March 28, 2005 StarTribune
Kathleen Falk: We can protect water from manure without putting farms out of business - March 28, 2005 CapTimes
Editorial: Cloning outpacing ethics - March 28, 2005 NC
[PCB] Fishing for New Environmentalists - March 28, 2005 AlterNet
[PCB] Report: Spokane-area fish tainted with high levels of toxins - March 28, 2005 Daily News
[PCB] Onondaga Lake cleanup faces delay - March 28, 2005 TimesUnion
[PCB] Breathe in - March 28, 2005 Daily Press
[PCB] Plastic trash washes into oceans, endangering marine life - March 28 (29), 2005 Manilla Times
[Dioxin] DEQ says GM, Bay City plant may have added to pollution - March 28, 2005 Detroit Free Press
Plan B for nuclear waste site? - March 28, 2005 MSNBC
Fishing for New Environmentalists - March 28, 2005 AlterNet

Possible whooping crane sighting raises expectations - March 27, 2005 NC
DNR seeks sturgeon guard volunteers for Wolf River - March 27, 2005 MilwJS
Kicking the tires: How people power from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa defeated the moneyed interests’ plans for a toxic tire-burning plant - March 27, 2005 FightingBob
Editorial: Mercury rule too weak - March 27, 2005 MilwJS
[PCB] Most Lake Erie fish can be eaten, with due caution - March 27, 2005 ToledoBlade
[PCB/Dioxin] Bay City, GM share blame for dioxins in river, bay, DEQ suspects - March 27, 2005 Bay City Times
[PCB/Dioxin] N.Y. opposition delays tire test burn by months - March 27, 2005 Times Argus

High court to weigh power plant: Sides in Oak Creek dispute to go before justices this week - March 26, 2005 MilwJS
Outdoors notes March 26, 2005 MilwJS
Being stewards of the land at home, as well as in Alaska - March 26, 2005 MilwJS
No dodging the drill bit? How will future generations judge our stewardship? - March 26, 2005 MilwJS
No dodging the drill bit? At last, common sense prevails as nation faces its energy needs - March 26, 2005 MilwJS
Editorial: Reducing trash isn't rubbish - March 26, 2005 MilwJS
[PCB] Scientists think pesticides led to frog sex changes - March 26, 2005 HoustonChronicle

License fees may be shot down - March 25, 2005 MilwJS
Utility wins power play - March 25, 2005 MilwJS
Report: Residue from ethanol tanks blamed for Milwaukee problems - March 25, 2005 NC
Ray Unger: Soon the energy spell will be dispelled - March 25, 2005 CapTimes
[PCB] Puget Sound chinook more toxic - March 25, 2005 Register Guard
[PCB] Researcher sees wider danger to health from toxic waste sites - March 25, 2005 Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
[PCB] Activists rip EPA, GE over permit - March 25, 2005 Berkshire Eagle

Board backs larger Wisconsin landfills - March 24, 2005 NC
PSC approves Nuclear Power Plant sale - March 24, 2005 KCN
Ethanol suspect in fouled injectors: GM quietly noting sulfuric acid residue - March 24, 2005 MilwJS
Natural Resources Board ends earn-a-buck for Wis. deer hunt - March 24, 2005 NC
2004 chinook salmon season on Lake Michigan one for books - March 24, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Great Outdoors Almanac - March 24, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Wisconsin Outdoor Report - March 24, 2005 WDNR
Editorial: Better recycling efforts beat bigger landfills - March 24, 2005 PG
Pat Durkin column: Conservation hall inductees tirelessly teach, inspire us - March 24, 2005 PC
[PCB] Polluters Pay for Huge New Jersey Hazwaste Landfill Cleanup - March 24, 2005 ENS
[PCB] Super-Duper Seaweed Sponge - March 24, 2005 CBS
Health Groups List Fish Posing Mercury Risks - March 24, 2005 BushGreenWatch

[PCB] Satisfaction with Fox River PCB cleanup on the rise - March 23, 2005 PG
DNR: Don’t lift perch limits early - March 23, 2005 PG
Georgia-Pacific offers buyouts to 100 workers - March 23, 2005 PG
Give Monona Bay plan further study - March 23, 2005 WSJ
Right Blend Of Microbes And Plants Can Clean Up Toxic Spills - March 23, 2005 Newswise
State holds hearings on livestock siting rules - March 23, 2005 MHT
Wal-Mart gets go-ahead - March 23, 2005 SP
[PCB] Neighborhood Fabric Head Here - March 23 (24), 2005 Pitch
[PCB] A seaweed soaks up TNT - and may help clean oceans - March 23 (24), 2005 Christian Science Monitor
[PCB] Positive Aquaculture Awareness: New Quebec study shows farmed salmon and trout just as safe and healthy as wild - March 23, 2005 Canada NewsWire

DNR May Allow Bigger Landfills: Bigger Landfills Mean Fewer Landfills, Officials Say - March 22, 2005 WISCTV
Brown County recycling options grow - March 22, 2005 PG
Meeme board OKs gravel pit - March 22, 2005 MHT
G-P to offer buyouts to about 100 workers - March 22, 2005 PC
A.G. Lautenschlager: Announces Sheboygan County Man Ordered to Comply with Wastewater Permit and to Pay Forfeitures for Past Violations - March 22, 2005 WisPolitics
State should wait to raise perch limits, DNR says - March 22, 2005 MilwJS
Letter: Lake Ellen viewing area may be lost - March 22, 2005 SP
Bill Berry: Jordahl is fighter for conservation - March 22, 2005 CapTimes
Brett Hulsey: Drilling in Arctic refuge won't help energy issues - March 22, 2005 CapTimes
[PCB] Contaminated groundwater found at Pickens site - March 22, 2005 WIStv
[PCB] Keith cost stuns council - March 22, 2005 South Coast Today
[PCB] The Lowly Doormat: World's Most Underrated, Ignored but Crucial Health Tool - March 22, 2005 PRWeb
[PCB] Nature Mimics Industry - March 22, 2005 ACSH
[PCB] Kyoto: fed/provincial goodwill breaking down? - March 22, 2005 Fort McMurray
[PCB/Dioxin] 11 agree to pay for New Jersey Superfund cleanup project - March 22, 2005 WasteNews
The Secret Life of Dust - March 22, 2005 AlterNet

State DNR seeks more protection for key natural areas - March 21, 2005 NC
Sturgeon Bay marina dispute set for hearing - March 21, 2005 PG
Proposed hunting license hikes caught up in tough fight - March 21, 2005 PC
Wal-Mart plan in spotlight again - March 21, 2005 WisPolitics
Environmental Impasse - March 21, 2005 Washington Post
[PCB] Dismantling the Ghost Fleet - March 21, 2005 Pilot Online
[PCB] Councilors aim to halt Keith construction - March 21, 2005 SouthCoastToday
[PCB] State to discuss river toxin - March 21, 2005 NewsAdvance
[PCB] Sport fish consumption advisory - March 21, 2005 Marietta Times
[PCB] Fire site raises worries - March 21, 2005 Sun Chronicle
[PCB] EPA to continue work at APCO Mossberg site in Attleboro - March 21, 2005 Providence Broadcast News
[PCB] A Body's Burden - March 21, 2005 Salt Lake Tribune
[PCB] UBC Team Sequence Largest Bacterial Genome to Date; May Facilitate Clean up of Hazardous Waste and Development of New Antibiotics - March 21, 2005 Genome British Columbia

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Link to More Articles

The Green Bay Press Gazette's Fox River Cleanup Page

The Appleton Post Crescent's PCB Page (incomplete)

The BadgerLinks --- ProQuest Newspaper Search Engine (accessible through Appleton Public Library) ---may not work for everyone

For additional news media coverage see these CWAC pages:
Media 2001, Media 2000, Newsletter articles, or CWAC Issue pages.

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Abbreviations

PG
Green Bay Press Gazette

NC
Green Bay News Chronicle

PC
Appleton Post Crescent

ON
Oshkosh Northwestern

MilwJS
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

DCA
Door County Advocate

OCE
Oconty County Reporter

SP
Sheboygan Press

WDH
Wausau Daily Herald

Pesh
Peshtigo Times

Eagle
Marinette Eagle Star

EPA
Environmental Protection
Agency

DNR
Wisconsin Dept. of
Natural Resources

USFWS
U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service (Dept. of Interior)

ENN
Environmental
News Network

ENS
Environmental
News Service

EMS
Environmental
Media Service

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